Sonoma 14.4 crash/kernel panic/reboot with Kontakt 7

[hammerman]

14.5 Public Beta seems to have fixed my problem.

This is the first time I have installed a Public Beta and I will go back to normal updates as soon as the Official 14.5 comes out.

If I run into any problems, I'll let y'all know...

[mikehalloran]

In the meantime...

NI has posted requests for support cases, crash logs etc. plus a link to the Kontakt Player 6.8 for Mac download.

https://community.native-instruments.co ... ent_146395

I may download the public beta. There's an ongoing issue with Acrobat Professional that has higher priority at the moment—would be great if 14.5 fixed that, too..

[Michael Canavan]

NI are off the hook this time. Using the Sonoma 14.5 beta Kontakt 7.90 with DP11.3.1 is fixed, no kernel panic crash if two monitors are hooked up and you even look at the GUI. Testing Reaper 7, it's also not crashing. So this was obviously an OS issue, glad Apple got on it, glad I got the beta, annoyed I had to use a beta to solve an OS issue.

[James Steele]

Hey... just glad to see a beta that seems this stable. I've been using it since it was released hoping to track down my issues with DP 11.31 and poor graphic performance on Softube plugins. So far DP 11.31 is still having problems, although I know MOTU is aware of it and may have found a fix. I'm hopefully optimistic we're going to see another maintenance release of DP 11 soon.

[mikehalloran]

NI are off the hook this time. Using the Sonoma 14.5 beta Kontakt 7.90 with DP11.3.1 is fixed, no kernel panic crash if two monitors are hooked up and you even look at the GUI. Testing Reaper 7, it's also not crashing. So this was obviously an OS issue, glad Apple got on it, glad I got the beta, annoyed I had to use a beta to solve an OS issue.

Same here.

114.5 did not solve my Adobe issue, however,

[James Steele]

I'm optimistic. There have been a lot of growing pains, but I'm hopeful that maybe in another year, tops, Apple Silicon systems will start to be as solid as the Intel systems we've been used to. It's just going to take time for Apple and all the various third party software and hardware developers to work out the kinks of a still relatively new architecture.

[hammerman]

I'm optimistic. There have been a lot of growing pains, but I'm hopeful that maybe in another year, tops, Apple Silicon systems will start to be as solid as the Intel systems we've been used to. It's just going to take time for Apple and all the various third party software and hardware developers to work out the kinks of a still relatively new architecture.

The Steele speaks the truth!

Like I said, first beta I've ever used and so far, the best version of Sonoma yet. It seems very stable to me with everything. It will make me not want to move away from the final 14.5.

[zuul-studios]

NI are off the hook this time. Using the Sonoma 14.5 beta Kontakt 7.90 with DP11.3.1 is fixed, no kernel panic crash if two monitors are hooked up and you even look at the GUI. Testing Reaper 7, it's also not crashing. So this was obviously an OS issue, glad Apple got on it, glad I got the beta, annoyed I had to use a beta to solve an OS issue.

Decided to "take the plunge" and updated Sonoma to 14.5 (beta). It's my first time, ever, updating to a "beta" OS. I am very happy to say that DP11 and Kontakt 7 are playing nice with each other again. Everything else on my happy Mac Studio seem to be working as intended.

I will be very careful (like I normally am) when updating the next macOS. Lesson learned. . .

[mikehalloran]

Since updating to the macOS 14.5 public beta, DP has crashed on me a few times, always when deleting a track. It happens randomly and I cannot reproduce it at will. The last time was on a project with no instances of Kontakt.

I've amended my MOTU Techlink on this and have attached one of the crash reports. I've also been sending them into Apple directly and through the beta site.

[Michael Canavan]

I have a recurring bug in Generate an iLok protected instrument, it decides randomly to ask for authorization even though it's authorized on my iLok... I don't know if it's an OS issue? probably not. I'll try authorizing the computer because it's kind driving me nuts. To a smaller degree the Slate Raven authorization also loses contact, but unplugging and plugging in the iLok solves that.

[dinobass]

I have a recurring bug in Generate an iLok protected instrument, it decides randomly to ask for authorization even though it's authorized on my iLok... I don't know if it's an OS issue? probably not. I'll try authorizing the computer because it's kind driving me nuts. To a smaller degree the Slate Raven authorization also loses contact, but unplugging and plugging in the iLok solves that.

I had this same issue with PSP stuff and Altiverb. Authorizing to the computer fixed the issue.

[enpromike]

None of this is working well for me. I bought my Macbook M2 Max. It came loaded with Sonoma 14. I updated to 14.4.1
Loaded DP 11.31 and Kontakt 7.81 and have had nothing but problems. K7 fails on initial plugin scan. I have launched and went into plugins to enable and it crashes instantly when loading... Man I have tried everything I can possibly think of and it's extremely frustrating. I hope there is a fix somehow soon. I've also tried Kontakt 7.90 (the latest) and same problems.
Curiously I installed Kontakt 6.71 and it does not crash DP, however I am experiencing new problems with that. Some of the Kontakt Libraries show up but upon loading them there is no sound. Specifically some Native Instruments Libraries, OrangeTree guitar libraries, Alicias Keys, Teletone Audio Libraries. It is not manufacturer specific though because 50% of the OrangeTree libraries work properly for example. Even native Instruments Mint Guitarist or Acoustic Strummed will work perfectly fine but Electric Sunburst Deluxe and Nylon Acoustic will emit no sound.... Very odd. I've tried changing SNPID #'s, Wallpapers, installing using KLU 1 and 2, using Kontakt Add libraries (a few different versions), Kontakt 5.6 and Kontakt 5.66..etc. I THEN updated to the 14.5 Beta (nothing to lose at this point so..) It seems to have cured the "Kernel-type" panic that would randomly shut the whole computer down but no luck on Kontakt 7 working at all. I'm checking this site daily until someone finds the answer. (Macbook Pro m2 Max/ 4tb ssd/ 96GB ram/ Sonoma 14.5 beta/ DP 11.31)

[mikehalloran]

None of this is working well for me.

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(Macbook Pro m2 Max/ 4tb ssd/ 96GB ram/ Sonoma 14.5 beta/ DP 11.31)

macOS Public Beta 14.5 (2) dropped this evening. My only issue with 14.5 was the occasional crash of DP when I deleted a track and that happened only three times — although once was a MIDI track with Kontakt 7.9.0 on ot, the other two weren't. I've a Studio M2 Ultra. I''m hoping that these random crashes stop. Wee'll see…

K7 fails on initial plugin scan.

Not seeing this at all.

Are you shutting down and rebooting before trying to load? Kontakt and Komplete have been requiring that since DP 8 or 9 for me.

[Michael Stewart]

Unfortunately it looks like the Kontakt crash bug is back in 14.5 beta 2 do not install!!!

[waterstrum]

Had a nasty experience with freezing of the whole system after logging in.
Tried many workarounds.
Apple techs spent hours with me. (bless 'em)
Ended up wiping the whole internal drive and restoring from a Time Machine backup.
Hours of reauthorizing and linking to sound libraries etc.
I ended up with OS 14.3
The Apple folks were scolding me for using a beta OS on a work machine.
I explained about the Kontakt problem.
They thought it was NI's problem.

I think I'll hang out on 14.3 for a while.